92 Pieces of Advice on Being Productive No Matter Where You Are, Working Remotely, and Digital Nomading

Have you ever been curious about other people’s processes? How they start their day, how they work remotely, or how they focus their energy levels?

I definitely have, and I know so many people who feel the same way. After all, what better way to learn than by looking at what is working for others!

We’re fortunate to have access to an incredible community at Buffer, and over the years we’ve collected actionable advice from this community during our weekly bufferchat on Twitter. While these pieces of advice are all available in the weekly recap blog posts, I’ve collected some favorites here, based on three categories of the way we work.

This post is broken into three advice sections:

Being productive

Working remotely

Digital nomading

Happy reading! We’d love to hear from you in the comments about which piece of advice most resonated with you. 🙂

Advice on Being Productive No Matter Where You Are

Schedule

1. “Keep schedule in large blocks of time (8AM–10AM, 3PM–6PM) keeps me free to work toward goals without schedule paralysis.” @bradleebartlett

2. “Mornings are absolutely sacred! Before lunch, no meetings/calls – just heads down work. Afternoons are for admin & meetings.” @flaviacat03

3. “To-do lists never go out of style. Start from the top priority & most energy-consuming task.” @AMBAcomms

4. “I always try to get the most out of my morning –> mediate, watch something inspirational (TED Talk) and look at my day.” @mattiheubner

5. “During the day I work in theme blocks like blog content, analytics, social, support and more (helps to avoid multitasking).” @mattiheubner

Prioritization

6. “I let myself knock out what interests me most first (feels like a treat!), followed by what’s most pressing.” @kathryndlewis

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There’s lots more advice where this came from! Every week we host Bufferchat where our community shares thoughts on tons of topics. Remote work, productivity, and digital nomading are just the beginning.

Here are the full blog posts that these advice pieces were pulled from:

I currently work remote, and this piece of advice is so important: “Even though you work from home doesn’t mean you have to work whenever you are home. Set boundaries for your work day.” I often have a hard time not popping into my office to just check an email. BUT I need to make sure I have those boundaries, or my family life suffers. I would love to see what tips your remote agents have for working at home with small children or families.

I believe Scheduling and Prioritization are the single most important things that anyone should remember while wroking on anything. Mostly people who work with Computer Prioritization is something without which we can’t live at all. Otherwise you will be spending most of your time on YouTube and Facebook without even noticing.